[avemaria]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

I suppose you think Jesus was just kidding when He said,

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
John 8:32

And by the way, ave is Latin for "hail."

Of course I know that that is why we say AVE NARIA which means Hail Mary. AND these are the words the angel Gabriel greeted Mary with.
Luke 1:28

[James Hutchins]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

A lot of interpreting going on.

Let me ask you this Maria. Why do you hate Christianity? Why does following the word of some complete sociopath in Vatican City make more sense to you than simply following the easy to read Bible, approved by Jesus(c)?

[Redeemed Papist]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

I grew up thinking my little brother who died in childbirth was in Limbo. Now I'm told by Popes that Limbo doesn't really exist and they got it wrong, sorry. How did people who claim to be direct representatives of Christ get it so wrong?

[avemaria]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

REV 12:1 Mary is the woman with the crown of twelve stars ergo Queen of Heaven and the Church.
1 Corinthian 4:16
Best way to venerate saints is to imitate them.
Romans 13:7
We are to give honor where honor is due. When we honor God's children, we honor God himself, for HE is the source of all honor.
Gen 14:8
First time the word priest is used. Melchizadek ( who's order Jesus belonged to) offers BREAD AND WINE to God.
Psalm 110:4
Zechariah 9:15-16
2 Chronicles 26:18
Only priests ordained by God can perform the sacrifice to God.
Genesis22:19
God saved Abraham's son from sacrifice by offering the ram as a substitute. Its a foreshadow to the requirement to sacrifice Israel's true king and the firstborn of God. JESUS.
Psalm78:24-25 ; 104:5. Raining manna from heaven. Jesus is the bread from heaven. All who eat this bread shall never die.

[John Creeser]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

You have pictures of your mother in your house. And surely she prays for you. That is how we view Mary. Shes a mom

Yeah, in a photo album in the bottom of my desk drawer. I don't have statues of Mom or pictures of her on my walls. Would you like to know whom I have pictures of on my walls? JESUS, that's who.

Seriously you catholics with your popes, nuns and purgatory sicken me with your blatant disregard for the infallible WORD OF GOD as told in the Holy 1611 King James version of the Bible.

You might as well choose the title for your thread here "Why I am going to hell!!"

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

Look this up:
Hebrews 12:22
Ephesians 3:15

Please explain the relevance of those verses to whatever point you are making.

Matthew 16:18

What does that have to do with anyone since Peter? Don't mention the apostolic succession unless you can prove the existence of any such thing from Scripture.

And when he is saying "Woman" to Mary it is not out of disrespect. He would never dishonor his mother which would violate the commandment t and therefore would make him imperfect.

Jesus commanded us not to call people fools. He called people fools.

Jesus is the new Adam come to revive the world. And when he says "Woman " to Mary he is referring g to her as the new Eve.

Please explain how you got that out of the text.

Also theologians have found that Eves real Na.e is Eva

Only if they got their theology degrees out of a cereal box. Her name in Hebrew was חוה Chavvah.

spell is backwards andyou get. AVE.

"God" spelled backwards is "Dog." What's your point?

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

Look this up:
Hebrews 12:22
Ephesians 3:15
Matthew 16:18
And when he is saying "Woman" to Mary it is not out of disrespect. He would never dishonor his mother which would violate the commandment t and therefore would make him imperfect. Jesus is the new Adam come to revive the world. And when he says "Woman " to Mary he is referring g to her as the new Eve. Also theologians have found that Eves real Na.e is Eva spell is backwards andyou get. AVE.

I suppose you think Jesus was just kidding when He said,

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
John 8:32

And by the way, ave is Latin for "hail."

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

You have pictures of your mother in your house. And surely she prays for you. That is how we view Mary. Shes a mom

My mother is catholic. I was raised catholic and only by the grace of God was I able to break the shackles of its oppression. The Truth did indeed set me Free.

When my mother dies, she will be asleep until the Day of Judgement when the LORD looks for her name in the Book of Life. If she has not yet accepted the real God as her LORD and Master, then she will be awoken from a peaceful nirvana to experience nothing but pain as the ever-burning Lake of Fire continues to burn her flesh for all eternity. It would be a shame, but I will be in Heaven sitting at the footstool of the King, praising His name forever more. I shall not be burdened with pity or sadness, for in Heaven every tear will be wiped dry. My mother has the choice to love Jesus as He really is, or burn forever. We all do.

[avemaria]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

Look this up:
Hebrews 12:22
Ephesians 3:15
Matthew 16:18
And when he is saying "Woman" to Mary it is not out of disrespect. He would never dishonor his mother which would violate the commandment t and therefore would make him imperfect. Jesus is the new Adam come to revive the world. And when he says "Woman " to Mary he is referring g to her as the new Eve. Also theologians have found that Eves real Na.e is Eva spell is backwards andyou get. AVE.

[James Hutchins]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

You asked and I answered along with what I really believe.

No one asked.
Some people think the Sun is billions of miles away.
Some people think the Moon is made from Cheese.
As far as we are concerned, all we care about is your soul being damned to a lake of Eternal Fire. We want to open your eyes so you can be Saved(r).

Please read the information the kindly pastors have given to you out of unbiased Love. Unlike your 'Church', the Pastors here have nothing to gain but the knowledge they made the world a better place.

[avemaria]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

You have pictures of your mother in your house. And surely she prays for you. That is how we view Mary. Shes a mom

[Oliver Brendan Hayve]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

I am Catholic because never have I come across a church that emphasizes love for all Christians and all of Gods creation.

Yes, the history of the Catholic Church is such a wonderful witness to Christian love, what with the Inquistion, the church's support for dictators, and even in modern times Proposition 8.

[Didymus Much]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

False beliefs anti Catholics have against the Churchurch is adamant in stopping this...

Durrr, what?

...WE WORSHIP MARY- Not true...

Then why all the statues (violating the 2nd commandment)?

...Jesus gave us Mary as our mother when he said, " John take my mother. Mary take John as your son."...

Just, wow. Let's take a look at the Scripture you're stretching:

John 19:26-27 "When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home."

So, Jesus telling the unnamed disciple (only referred to as "the disciple standing by, whom he loved", whether it was John or not is even open to debate) to look after His (by now elderly) mother means that Jesus gave His mother to everyone? Is your Bible printed on rubber pages, to wrap around anything you want it to?

...Also Mary never said she was a goddess...

True. It was the heretics in Rome that played that card.

... She is the mother who prays for us to God...

Even though the Bible says she is dead and unknowing in the grave (like the rest of us will be some day) until we are resurrected for Judgement?

... And she always leads us to God...

WRONG. 1 Timothy 2:5 "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;"

...If the Catholic church had never begun. There would be no schism and therefore no Baptists...

Schisms happen because someone's doing it wrong. <---- that's a hint, there

...I am Catholic because never have I come across a church that emphasizes love for all Christians and all of Gods creation...

Nor have I, but I would label it a false church if I did. Nowhere does the Bible tell us to love all of God's creation.

Isaiah 45:7 "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things."

...I fully believe the Eucharist because call me crazy or not...

This is that "new speak" the kids are all on about, right? Like, one said to me the other day, "It's true because reasons".

...But ever since I joined I have been the happiest I have ever been...

The heroin addict down the street is the happiest guy I've ever known (when he's got heroin).

...I PRAY that you will all reason with me and let me stick up for my faith...

Just recognize that when these people tell you your faith is wrong according to the Bible, it's done from love. No one here hates you (just the popes, priests, bishops, etc. that have lied to you about Christ).

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

False beliefs anti Catholics have against the Churchurch is adamant in stopping this.
WE WORSHIP MARY- Not true. In the days of David the queen was the the mother of the king. By respecting the queen mother you were honoring the king.

Do you have a citation for that, and what does that have to do with anything even if it's true?

Jesus gave us Mary as our mother when he said, " John take my mother. Mary take John as your son."

That was to provide care for Mary and has nothing to do with the rest of us:

Matt. 12:46-50: While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Jesus would honor his mother and if we like to be like Jesus and honor his mother we also honor him.

Jesus "honored" Mary with language like this:

John 2:3-4: And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

Is that how you want us to "venerate" Mary?

Also Mary never said she was a goddess. She is the mother who prays for us to God.

1 Tim. 2:5: For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

And she always leads us to God.

Evidently not, if the Catholic "church" is any indication.

I fully believe the Eucharist because call me crazy or not.

You can't believe in both the Eucharist and the Bible, since the idea of the Eucharist is based on the continuing sacrifice of the Mass, which directly contradicts Scripture:

Hebrews 10:10: By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: Why I Am Catholic

False beliefs anti Catholics have against the Churchurch is adamant in stopping this.
WE WORSHIP MARY- Not true. blah blah blah, Scott Hahn said yadda yadda yadda

You, my friend, are very ignorant about history. I will offer a new thread so we can discuss your lack of information in the appropriate place.

ALL PRIESTS RAPE BOYS AND HIDE IT.- Just because all kids go to school it does not mean that all children are smart. There will always be a few bad people. And for that we should pray for them. The church is adamant about this.

How long are you going to pray and "offer up" sacrifices and have Mass said for the intention of protecting boys before you realize it doesn't work? How many more boys are going to be emotionally manipulated and downright coerced into accepting their priest's sexual predation before you realize your prayers are nothing more than wishing in your imagination really really hard for something to be different? When will you realize this prayer to Mary and all the saints doesn't do crap for anyone, that only by recognizing the problem of glorifying something as unnatural as celibacy and the consequences it has - attracting pedophiles to find a career in which they have unlimited access to children and no one ever asks any questions?

THE CHURCH WAS STARTED BY PAGANS- Jesus started it. Peter his disciple helped it to grow. If the Catholic church had never begun. There would be no schism and therefore no Baptists.

Again, wrong due to your ignorance about actual history. Baptists have always existed, and the Trail of Blood is evidence to this fact.

I am Catholic because never have I come across a church that emphasizes love for all Christians and all of Gods creation. I fully believe the Eucharist because call me crazy or not. But ever since I joined I have been the happiest I have ever been. I PRAY that you will all reason with me and let me stick up for my faith.

GOD BLESS
Maddie

Maddie, dear, you're catholic because it appeals to your sense of romance. You like the idea of a "wedding feast" every time you take the sacrament of the eucharist. You like the idea that Jesus personally forgives you through the priest who absolves your sins. You like the idea that this church has an unbroken line of witnesses through the lineage of the apostles. But dear, this is not true. The eucharist isn't actually a mystical "kiss" where heaven and earth meet, it's a bastardization of what Jesus actually said and meant when He broke the bread and offered it as His Body. The Christ doesn't need to act vicariously through a priest, the priest is just a visible, tangible reminder of a truth you already know. This "unbroken lineage" is a fable, and the popes themselves testify to the ridiculousness of this idea. You don't need an imaginary mother figure to tell you that you are a valuable person. You don't need an imaginary mother figure to tell you that people love you, even when it doesn't feel like it. These truths are inside you already and you simply assign them to these figures, like a child assigns personalities to her stuffed animals. It's time you grow up and face the world as an adult and leave behind this childishness, stand firm in who you are, and tithe to the right church, the one who alone can tell you who the Real Jesus is.